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Dir, Vw Design Center
Company | Volkswagen of America, Inc |
Address | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | |
Category | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing,Manufacturing |
Expires | 2023-08-04 |
Posted at | 10 months ago |
Role Summary
- Develops new product ideas for the VW Brand.
- Provides analysis of the U.S. Market regarding future VW Brand projects and opportunities
- Defines and develops automotive projects (production/concepts) within the parameters of the individual design processes.
- Develops feasible concepts and autonomous transposition into 3D.
- Defines product range for the VW Brand and identifies deficits within the U.S. Market.
- Ensures highest level of design quality for all projects, presentations and materials.
- Oversees design projects from initial phases through production.
- Ensures the successful application of VW design philosophies into new product ideas that are right for the North American market.
- Ensures integration of all market inputs and engineering requirements into the design projects.
- Holds overall management responsibility for all administrational, financial and compliance topics within the DCC
- Holds overall management responsibility for the coordination of all design activities from all departments at the DCC.
- Ensures the coordination of activities and schedules with other departments (e.g. research, fabrication, engineering, sales, and manufacturing).
- Oversees market and competition analysis as a base for new conceptual ideas.
- Transfers new relevant design trends to region Americas and VW AG.
- Drives strategic development of Design in the development process.
- Identifies and documents goals and directions of VW design philosophy and how it is expressed specifically for North America
- Aligns Project content and direction within the US and manages harmonized communication with Americas Design.
- Communicates high level company targets and aligns design process and objectives accordingly.
- Communicates design requirements into vehicle, platform and module planning process.
- Drives VW Product and Design decisions for North America.
- 10+ years of proven leadership experience
- 15+ Automotive design experience in OEM to include a Lead/Main design role in production and concept vehicles
- Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive or Industrial Design or equivalent
- Master’s Degree in Automotive or Industrial Design
- Strong analytical thinking – using logic and reason
- Ability to comprehend automotive experiential technology and its foray into general consumer electronics and lifestyle industry
- Conceptual thinking – creative and strategic
- Integration – joining people, processes or systems
- Organized and goal oriented
- Strategic mindset to plan long term developments for projects and the organization
- Significant experience in cross functional collaboration, project and resource management
- Extensive knowledge and experience of OEM automotive engineering and executing pre-development stage of production and advanced concepts from satellite design operations
- Excellent communication skills – interpersonal, presentation and written
- Resilient
- Experience in vehicle packaging, human factors, interface, user-experience, and user behavior aspects in transportation design
- Influencing skills
- Understanding of multiple regional markets, with in depth knowledge of the North American Region
- Understanding of holistic company targets, VW brand strategy and their implementation in the 360 degree design approach
- Negotiation skills
- Resource management
- Outstanding people management skills and leadership
- Competent in all areas of Design (Exterior, Interior, Color and Trim, graphics, UX and brand design)
- Extensive knowledge of the main VW Group brands in general
- Ability to manage multi-disciplinary team
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant technology and innovations
- Good understanding of automotive manufacturing
- Thorough understanding of the customers, the competitors and the VW Brand in the NAR region, including historic development, current situation, as well as trends and forecasts
- Extensive knowledge of platform development, platform variants and regional implementation
- Competent in vehicle concept pre-development, packaging, and architecture
- Deep understanding of Automotive product planning process and global marketing requirements
- Efficient and clear communication of complex topics, concepts and strategies to executive audiences
- Wide interest/knowledge of creative industry (e.g. entertainment, product design, fashion)
- Excellent judgment of design proportions and proposals
- Excellent contacts to relevant stakeholders within VWGoA, VWM and VW AG and VW Group
- Multilingual
- High amount of travel due to extensive contact to and collaboration with organizations within the NAR, as well as headquarters in Germany
- Must be willing to travel within short (3-4 days) notice
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